This month, Los Angeles Countyis rolling out a new approach to the longstanding issue of how to find homes for its most difficult to place foster youth.
Los Angeles County has set up a 90-day pilot program to bolster placement efforts by bringing youth and their caseworkers to child dependency court where a judge will oversee the placement process.
"They're at high risk of CSEC involvement, they're at high risk of homelessness, and they're at high risk of getting involved in the juvenile and criminal justice systems,"Β Nash said. "That's why we want to make sure that they're getting all of the efforts that they deserve."Β
As California rolls out monumental reforms to its foster care system aimed at finding more family-based settings for youth in care, L.A. County's pilot program has potential to help inform counties about how to place the youth who suffer from the highest level of instability and are the most vulnerable.
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